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Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 69701
Mineral:Pyromorphite on Quartz
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Lustrous translucent green pyromorphite crystals to 2.5 mm on lustrous translucent colorless quartz crystals to 10 mm of earthy brown pickering. The pyromorphite crystals are stubby hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #329
Overall Size:5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-10.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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